Indigenous Data Network

Minister for Education Dan Tehan has announced that the Morrison Government is investing in research infrastructure to support improved management and use of Indigenous data collections.

At the 2020 eResearch Australasia conference, IDN National Coordinator James Rose and Data Analytics Coordinator Darren Clinch shared the presentation 'Indigenous Australian Population Geometries: Tailoring Geospatial Data Structure for Enhanced Community Service Delivery.'

The Indigenous Mapping Workshop Australia is being delivered a little differently in 2020. The IMW Australia - On Demand  has been purpose built for our participants to access culturally appropriate training from across country and community while we have found ourselves unable to travel during this time.

Ever considered how technology might promote discrimination or impair our ability to make shrewd decisions? Or wondered how an AI doctor might diagnose illness just through listening?

Indigenous researchers and experts from around the country are leading a $1.3 million project that will allow Indigenous community organisations to better analyse their data and make decisions to improve outcomes for their communities.

On 27 July 2020, Melbourne Data Analytics Platform (MDAP) launched its first annual report since launching in 2019, 'Shaping the Future of Data Intensive Research'. The report showcases some of MDAP's successful collaborations with researchers across University of Melbourne faculties, and its ideas on the future of data-intensive research.

On 21 July 2020, IDN Researcher Joel Liddle spoke with netral Australian regional newspaper Alice Springs News on the importance of using Arrernte language and imagery in public spaces in and around Alice Springs.

On 3 July 2020, Federal Minister for Indigenous Australians, Ken Wyatt, announced the formal commencement of the IDN's work on Closing the Gap Priority Reform 4, in collaboration with the Coalition of Peaks.

On 3 July 2020, IDN Data Analytics Coordinator Darren Clinch joined the Director of QUT's  Carumba Institute Peter Anderson and others, to discuss the relevance of data science in working against racism in national policing.

On 1 May 2020, as part of the Collaborative Conference on Computational & Intensive Data Science, the IDN's James Rose, Kalinda Griffiths and Darren Clinch presented a paper  Indigenous Data Governance in Australia, summarising the functions and objectives of the IDN.

On 20 March 2020, as part of the 15th Plenary of the Research Data Alliance, IDN Steering Committee member Kalinda Griffiths was to join members of the Global Indigenous Data Alliance on a panel to discuss developments in Indigenous data governance and sovereignty.

On 17 March 2020, as part pf the 15th Plenary of the Research Data Alliance, the IDN was to co-host with the RDA Indigenous Data Sovereignty Interest Group, Global Indigenous Data Alliance, and  First Nations Information Governance Centre, a workshop titled Identifying Data Science Tools to Enhance Indigenous Data Sovereignty for Health Data.

On 12 February 2020, the Prime Minister made a speech to Parliament in which he reiterated the government's commitment to working together with the Coalition of Peaks and the Indigenous Data Network on the development of Closing the Gap Priority Reform 4.

On 23 January 2020, the Prime Minister announced the engagement of the Indigenous Data Network in collaboration with Coalition of Peaks, to implement Priority Reform 4 of the National Agreement on Closing the Gap.

On the 27th of November 2019, the Kaiela Institute and the Indigenous Data Network co-hosted the inaugural Indigenous Data Governance Working Group at the Rumbalara Football Netball Club, Shepparton.

As part of the National Survey on Indigenous-controlled Research Organisations, the IDN presented at the ARDC Data and Services Summit in Brisbane on October 21, 2019.

The IDN is collaborating with the Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC) through its Data and Services Discovery Activity to understand current data management practices around Indigenous data assets.

Dr James Rose, Senior Research Fellow with the IDN, presented at the 2019 Humanities, Arts and Culture Data Summit. The summit explored new horizons for data-driven humanities and arts research, digital cultural collections and research infrastructure.

IDN co-founded Professor Marcia Langton, National Coordinator Dr James Rose and Researcher Joel Liddle formed a panel titled 'The Structure of Indigenous Data', hosted as part of the symposium 'Finding ways to make unstructured data usable Data', convened by the Data, Systems and Society Research Network, the Petascale Campus Initiative and the School of Computing and Information Systems, University of Melbourne.

On 31 July the Indigenous Data Network and the Kaiela Institute co-hosted a workshop with government and community-controlled organisations about the holding, controlling, and processing of Indigenous data.

Join Professor Marcia Langton, Dr James Rose and Dr Len Smith as they discuss Digital Curation in the Indigenous Data Network.

Dr James Rose talks about the Indigenous Data Network as part of the Indigenous Australia and Digital Futures seminars series.